Managed Care & Health Insurance

Catalog description

A comprehensive examination of the complex, dynamic, rapidly changing health care system in the United States. The health care system's major components and their characteristics are identified. Emphasis is on current problems in health care financing and delivery. Social, economic, and political forces that have shaped and continue to influence the system are traced. The health care system in the United States is compared with systems in industrialized and developing nations. Analysis covers current trends in health care and prospects for the future. TSI Restriction(s): Reading, Math, and Writing